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TO THE POINT.
(From Canberra Times)
MORE VOTES FOR FREE FUNERALS Give us a break, Latham. Free hospitalisation at 75! Most of us are dead by then! Try for free funerals: that might be worth a lot more votes. Ron Mackie Deakin FEELING IS MUTUAL, COSTELLO Peter Costello: the feeling is mutual. Ballot Bites (CT, Wednesday September 29, Page 4) carried the unsurprising news that Federal Liberal Deputy Leader Peter Costello had yet again engaged in his favourite pastime of Canberra-Bashing, saying he prefers the 42 days of election campaigning, "because you don't have to spend time in Canberra''. Given the way the Federal Government has ignored Canberra (even to the extent of calling the Federal election the week before our Assembly election - I bet they'd never do that to NSW or Queensland!) Mr Costello might not be surprised to learn that no-one here is counting the days till his return, either.
Ken Helm Reid ARGUMENT NEEDS BEEFING UP Professor Rijsberman's assertion that switching from beef to wheat would save 12,500 litres of water per kilogram of raw food (in Shane Wright's report, Meatlovers driving water crisis: expert, September 29) is predicated on the assumption that the water used to grow the beef can be diverted to farming other ...
- Dear minister: To: The Hon. Peter Costello, Treasurer, Parliament House,...
- Magazine article from: IPA Review Freebairn, John January 1, 1996 700+ words
I do not need to tell you that cutting government expenditure is politically difficult. You and your staff, no doubt daily, are lobbied by individuals and organizations urging you to spend more, not less. As an economist, I would not pretend to advise you on how to manage these political pressures;
- Peter Costello: A Biography.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Arena Magazine MILLMOW, ALEX August 1, 2000 700+ words
Tracey Aubin, Peter Costello: A Biography, HarperCollins...only about the dead, Peter Costello tried very hard to dissuade...workings and mainsprings of Peter Costello's mind through unstinting...commanding heights of Canberra, he is bent on tearing...
- Mr. Peter Costello: white-anting the Liberal Party.(replacement of John Howard...
- Magazine article from: National Observer - Australia and World Affairs December 22, 2005 700+ words
...deliberately de-stabilising actions of Mr. Peter Costello, the Treasurer. Mr. John Howard has...and self-advancement. Second, the Canberra press gallery comprises, surprisingly...Howard--Leadership and Character; Peter Costello, The Hollow Man", National Observer...
- PETER COSTELLO TO STAY AS AUSTRALIAN TREASURER: PM.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News July 11, 2006 700+ words
CANBERRA, July 11 Asia Pulse - Treasurer Peter Costello will remain in his job, Prime Minister John Howard says. Mr Howard says he does not believe that the professional relationship...
- PETER COSTELLO FAVOURITE TO BE NEXT LIBERAL LEADER: SPORTINGBET.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News September 11, 2007 700+ words
CANBERRA, Sept 11 Asia Pulse - Sportingbet Australia has federal Treasurer Peter Costello as a clear favourite to become the next leader of the Liberal party, followed by Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Sportingbet...
- The future of Mr. Peter Costello.(budget and economic policy)
- Magazine article from: National Observer - Australia and World Affairs Stone, John December 22, 2005 700+ words
...both are the personality and performance of the Treasurer, Peter Costello. In what follows I propose first to assess the quality of...Probably the most respected of these independent sources is the Canberra consultancy Access Economics. (1) Its Budget Monitor document...
- To Hon. Peter Costello.(green views)(Letter to the Editor)
- Magazine article from: Habitat Australia Cook, Russell June 1, 2004 700+ words
...drought undoubtedly contributed to the horror conditions preceding the devastating bushfires of recent years. The Jan 2003 Canberra bushfires alone are expected to cost at least $300 million. As an Australian living in the international arena we call Earth...
- Fed: Timeline of Peter Costello's career
- Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia) October 7, 2009 700+ words
...General News (Australia) 10-07-2009 Fed: Timeline of Peter Costello's career LIFE AND TIMES OF PETER COSTELLO Significant events in the life of former treasurer Peter Costello: 1957 - born in Melbourne on August 14, later attends Carey...
